Patents by Inventor Joseph C. Tallon

Joseph C. Tallon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5184419
    Abstract: A new method and apparatus includes the inspection of structural wooden members within a structure wall, and then the isolation of the wooden members infected with the insects. Heat producing devices are positioned adjacent to a first one of the isolated wooden members on the outside of the wall. The positioned heat producing device is then activated, and the adjacent isolated wooden member is caused to be heated to increase the temperature thereof sufficiently to kill a large number of the insects contained therewithin to eradicate substantially the entire infestation thereof. The heat producing device is then deactivated after the insect killing temperature has been attained. Thereafter, the remaining individual ones of the isolated infected wooden members are treated in a similar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Inventor: Joseph C. Tallon
  • Patent number: 5165199
    Abstract: This invention concerns a non-toxic method of exterminating dry wood termites, fleas, roaches, ants, weevils and the like by utilizing an inert freezing liquid such as liquid nitrogen as the killing agent. The liquid nitrogen is inserted so as to envelop the colony of objectionable organisms until the environment is reduced to a temperature of at least zero degrees Fahrenheit and maintained at that temperature for between 2 to 5 minutes. This method effectively kills the organisms by crystalizing the innards and freezing the cells, thereby eliminating the need for more dangerous and toxic poisons that are currently being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Inventor: Joseph C. Tallon
  • Patent number: 5058313
    Abstract: A new method and apparatus includes the inspection of structural wooden members within a structure wall, and then the isolation of the wooden members infected with the insects. Heat producing devices are positioned adjacent to a first one of the isolated wooden members on the outside of the wall. The positioned heat producing device is then activated, and the adjacent isolated wooden member is caused to be heated to increase the temperature thereof sufficiently to kill a large number of the insects contained therewithin to eradicate substantially the entire infestation thereof. The heat producing device is then de-activated after the insect killing temperature has been attained. Thereafter, the remaining individual ones of the isolated infested wooden members are treated in a similar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Inventor: Joseph C. Tallon
  • Patent number: 5027546
    Abstract: This invention concerns a non-toxic method of exterminating dry wood termites, fleas, roaches, ants, weevils and the like by utilizing an inert freezing liquid such as liquid nitrogen as the killing agent. The liquid nitrogen is inserted so as to envelop the colony of objectionable organisms until the environment is reduced to a temperature of at least zero degrees Fahrenheit and maintained at that temperature for between 2 to 5 minutes. This method effectively kills the organisms by crystalizing the innards and freezing the cells, thereby eliminating the need for more dangerous and toxic poisons that are currently being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Inventor: Joseph C. Tallon